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Nairobi, January 27, 2015--Tanzanian authorities banned circulation of the privately owned regional weekly The East African on January 21, citing the newspaper's lack of registration, according to news reports. Local journalists said they believed the paper was shut because of its critical coverage of the government.

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Nairobi, September
30, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a decision
by Tanzanian authorities to suspend two leading private Swahili dailies on accusations
of sedition. The government issued a
statement on Friday suspending Mwananchi and MTanzania
for 14 and 90 days respectively.